I think I figured it out!
I changed their weight in N into kg (mass) and used their masses to find out their individual forces. Peter's force is 165 N and John's is 120 N.
For part c) the only thing I can think of is that Peter doesn't have an acceleration because he isn't moving. He will have...
That being said, would I simply use subtraction to show that Peter has 147 N of magnitude of force on John??
I'm not sure how I'd complete the magnitude of force of John on Peter though. Negative value of force?
Sorry everyone! Physics proves to be quite difficult for me! Thanks so much...
Newton's Law Homework Question!
Question: Peter and John are playing a game of tug-of-war on a frictionless, icy surface. Peter weighs 539 N and John weighs 392 N. During the course of the game, John accelerates toward Peter at a rate of 3.0m/s^2.
a) What is the magnitude of the force that...